[bksvol-discuss] Re: m-dashes
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 14:46:44 -0700 (PDT)
Debbie,
If you're sighted, depending on the font you're using, an em dash is longer
than a regular hyphen. You can see the difference in a print book. When
validating or scanning, in some fonts it's difficult to see a difference, but
the difference is in the usage. A hyphen is used in compound words, or to
separate parts of words at the end of a line, but we close those up for
bookshare books. An em dash is used to separate thoughts or phrases in
sentences. I use them all the time when I write, to my husband's dismay.
G.Cindy
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--- On Thu, 5/8/08, Debbie Siegel <Siegel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Debbie Siegel <Siegel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: m-dashes
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008, 2:16 PM
> Thanks all for your responses. I am sighted so I'm
> thinking this
> doesn't apply??
>
> Debbie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Paula and
> James Muysenberg
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 4:10 PM
> To: Bkvol
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: m-dashes
>
> At the risk of prolonging the agony: I've
> discovered in the past few
> months that some speech synthesizers also handle M-dashes
> poorly. Some
> synths, when they encounter two words connected by an
> M-dash, will drop
> the
> first letter off the second word, making it hard to tell
> what the word
> is
> supposed to be. The problem goes away, when you replace
> M-dashes with
> double
> hyphens.
>
> Paula
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:54 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: m-dashes
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Let me just answer this one, as I dragged the monster
> from under the
> > bed. Debbie, we're talking about M-dashes those
> funny dashes that are
> > longer than normal dashes. We're not talking
> about single hyphens.
> If
> > you're using a screen reader, it will tell you
> when you get an m-dash.
> > These symbols do not do well when the book is
> converted to braille,
> and
> > so it is best to replace them with two hyphens.
> >
> > I sure hope this doesn't spawn another three day
> marathon of messages!
> > <chagrinned>
> >
> > Ann P.
> >
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